The Two Admirals
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The Two Admirals
| Full title | The Two Admirals: A Tale of the Sea |
|---|---|
| Author | James Fenimore Cooper |
| Published | 1842 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A late James Fenimore Cooper novel of fleet action in the Channel during the Jacobite rising of 1745. With no American fleet of that size to write about in 1842, he borrowed a British one and gave the ships and their two admirals the character interest usually reserved for people — the most technical of his sea books and the least read. |
The Two Admirals
Where I heard about it
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published in December 2025, in the Ages 13-99+ band under Adventure — a curriculum built around difficulty rather than popularity. It is the third Cooper title in that band, alongside The Pilot and The Last of the Mohicans.
About this edition
Cooper had already written the first serious history of the United States Navy before turning to this book.
Connections
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the list this came from.
- James Fenimore Cooper — the author, also the Navy’s first serious historian.
- The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea — his first sea novel.
- The Last of the Mohicans — his best-known book.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.